Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park By Lou Walker

Meadow Farm Museum

What is Meadow Farm and why is it important? Meadow Farm was in the Sheppard Family for over seven generations and dates back to the 1700’s. The Sheppard family were slave owners as well as farmers. They grew tobacco, which was a cash crop of the time, as well as wheat and corn. They also raised a variety of farm animals. The farm was donated to Henrico County in 1975. Today, you can come and tour the grounds and buildings as well as see and participate in reenactments of colonial life.

Location and Hours 3400 Mountain Road Glen Allen VA, 23060 The park is open daily from dawn to dusk Meadow Farm Museum is open March to November: Tuesday- Sunday, Noon to 4 and December to February: Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 4. (It is closed the first two weeks of January) Directions from Oliver Hall Get on I-64 W/I-95 N from N Harrison St and W Leigh St Continue on I-95 N to Glen Allen. Take exit 45Bfrom I-295 N Take Mountain Rd to your destination in Brookland 3400 Mountain Rd

Parking and Amenities There is plenty of FREE parking on site, both handicap and regular. There are picnic tables and pavilions as well as a playground and pond There are a couple of different bathrooms in the park as well. The pathways are not paved and the Farmhouse is not wheelchair accessible. The farmhouse has multiple flights of stairs that are narrow and steep that may be hard to navigate with walking devices

Purpose of the trip This trip will allow the students to see what life was like in Colonial Virginia. 2.7 The student will describe natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings).  2.8 The student will distinguish between the use of barter and the use of money in the exchange for goods and services.  2.9 The student will explain that scarcity (limited resources) requires people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.

Vocabulary • Natural Resources: Materials that come directly from nature • Human Resources: People working to produce goods and services • Capital Resources: Goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services • Barter: The exchange of goods and services without the use of money • Cash Crop: A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers

Before the trip Then and Now game The teacher will write terms and types of tools and occupations on the board. The students will have to work together and decide if the word on the board is from colonial times or present day

During the Trip Meadow Farm Scavenger Hunts The tour guides will have list of items to find inside the main house (no pictures are allowed) The students will have a separate scavenger hunt list for items found on the farm. The students will write what they find on the sheet. A tool A piece of farm equipment A farm animal What was used to call the family in for dinner A bird A Natural Resource A Human Resource An occupation

After the trip After the trip, the students will share with their classmates, one thing they learned. This will be done in a class meeting type setting. The students will also write a small journal entry on what their life would be like if they lived on a farm similar to Meadow Farm.

Picture Time!

Say Cheese!

Sources Henrico County (Virginia) Historical Society - Henrico County's Brookland District - Meadow Farm Museum. (n.d.). Retrieved April 26, 2016, from http://www.henricohistoricalsociety.org/brookland.meado wfarm.html History & Social Science. (n.d.). Retrieved April 26, 2016, from http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/hi story_socialscience/index.shtml Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park. (n.d.). Retrieved April 26, 2016, from http://henrico.us/rec/places/meadow- farm/